dôme
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle French dosme, from (Old Provençal) Old Occitan doma, borrowed from Late Latin dōma (“roof, housetop”), from Koine Greek δῶμα (dôma, “roof, housetop”) previously meaning "house".
Noun
dôme m (plural dômes)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle French domme, dome, borrowed from Italian duomo, from Latin domus (ecclesiae) (literally “house (of the church)”), a calque of Ancient Greek οἶκος τῆς ἐκκλησίας (oîkos tês ekklēsías).
Noun
dôme m (plural dômes)
Further reading
- “dôme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.